Re: More Questions from a New IIgs User

[John Townsend <utownje@lexis-nexis.com>]

Pim Blokland wrote:

> In article
> <jonINTERNETrelayCHAT-1001002237440001@nn-157-22-180-219.napanet.net>,
> jonINTERNETrelayCHAT@napaVALLEYnet.CLARInet (Jon Bettencourt) wrote:
>
> > Can you use a Mac Plus mouse in the game port? I read somewhere that you
>
> I don't know anything about Mac Plus mice, so I can't say anything about
> that, but I assume it is not an ADB mouse, otherwise you wouldn't ask,
> would you?

The Mac Plus and previous models use a serial mouse, with a DB9 connector,
that's identical to the mouse used with the Apple Mouse Card for the Apple IIe,
and it definitely won't work on the game port.  The Apple IIGS has built-in
support for an ADB mouse, with a miniDIN-8 connector, like those used by the
Mac SE and later (well, up until the iMac).  An ADB mouse should actually be
much easier to find than the older ones.

--
John E. Townsend
Sr. Software Engineer          "Machines should work;
LEXIS-NEXIS                     people should think."
Dayton, OH, USA                        -- IBM Pollyanna Principle
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